This week
Most of what we call “always-on” doesn’t need to be. We map the one cyber-risk variable you can actually measure and lower in an afternoon.
Latest articles
Filed from the operations desk this quarter.
Why always-on reachability increases risk, and how exposure time turns that risk into a measurable operating variable.
Piotr Wierzba (recommended: replace this byline with an industry expert) · MAY 12, 2026 · 9 min readThe air gap never disappeared. What changed is the operating model: controlled, auditable connectivity windows instead of permanent isolation.
Piotr Wierzba (recommended: replace this byline with an industry expert) · MAY 19, 2026 · 9 min readA plain-English guide to data diodes, one-way transfer, unidirectional gateways, and the buyer questions that matter in OT and critical infrastructure.
AirGapNet Editorial Team · JUNE 18, 2026 · 11 min readFirewalls are flexible policy controls. Data diodes remove the return path. The right choice depends on whether an OT boundary needs controlled two-way exchange or enforceable one-way transfer.
AirGapNet Editorial Team · JUNE 18, 2026 · 12 min readThe data diode enforces direction; the unidirectional gateway is the deployable system around it. A practical guide to protocols, buffering, deployments and buyer questions.
AirGapNet Editorial Team · JUNE 19, 2026 · 10 min readMonitoring should not require an inbound route into the protected network. One-way log forwarding sends telemetry outward while removing the reverse path the SOC would otherwise need.
AirGapNet Editorial Team · JUNE 19, 2026 · 10 min readFrom the workbench
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Articles, use cases and operating tools share one job: reducing unnecessary reachability.